Good to see this and it proves the original Lotus Cortina did have 5.5 inch J section rims. It appears to me that a lot of the restored ones seem to have even wider rims. The dash is exactly like my Mk II 69 GT
Brilliant and a fantastic story. My dad had a lotus Mk 2 around 1973 which was white with a red coach line. I recall it also used to burn spark plugs out after some time although it was checked and passed off as a quirk and eventually was passed on with the car. legendary vehical Nice1...
there were some other oddball lotus cortina's , my Dad bought a 1963 MK1 cortina wagon off lotus with all lotus running get , alloy front guards and bonnet , from Lotus in 1967 , apparently Lotus built it as a development/test car , which was later used as a company car for one of their engineers.
@@Classiccarstories we brought to New Zealand in late 1967 , Dad sold it in 1969 , the lotus running gear was apparently used in a MK1 escort race car , and the cortina was probably scrapped , I still have the original UK registration plates somewhere
@@Classiccarstories apparently they used 3 estate cars for development mules as they were pretty inconspicuous thet also used 105E anglia's to test the lotus ford twincam . one of the 105E's Still exists in a very rough and rusty condition in Wales .
A few decades ago I owned a 1600E lotus four door. Series 1 in Blue Mink (but re sprayed red) black vinyl roof and black interior MOD299F. There was a company in the Torbay area that converted new 1600Es with the correct twin cam parts ‘donated’ from Twin cam Escorts. It had Lotus badges on the rear wings & 1600E boot badge. I sold it to a couple of classic car dealers from Ireland, would love to know if it is still about, it didn’t have any structural rust back then.
Nearly bought the other car from a classic car dealer in Rushden about 25 years ago was put off by the fact that it was a four door the seller said it was a police car and the Internet wasn't really an option
I owned a MK2 Lotus Cortina back in the late 80’s, MAM 500F and was a member of the register. Got nicked in London one evening never to be seen again !
Great car, my absolute favourite modern classic, my dad had a mk2 in 69, very fond memories, don't remember the top mounted air box though, the carburettors just had stubby intakes, remarkably the car is still very much alive although i can't trace the present owner, if you ever see KMJ521G about I'd love to know.
My oldest brother had the mark one lotus cortina that he bought when he was stationed out in Germany with the RAF he only paid £80 for it as the guy who owned it was being posted out the Middle East it needed painted really badly so he got the guys in the workshops to paint it the original white but the only white paint they had was the white paint that they painted the nuclear bomber the HANDLEY PAGE VICTOR SIMILAR TO THE VULCAN BOMBER SADLY HE WAS DRIVING INTO THE CAMP WHERE HE WORKED AND A GERMAN FARMER CAME RIGHT OUT OF A FIELD WITH A HUGE TRACTOR AND WROTE HIS CORTINA OFF I WOULD IMAGINE THAT WAS THE ONLY MARK ONE LOTUS CORTINA PAINTED WITH THAT PAINT 1970
I'm wondering if you can share the registration number (or part of it for security reasons)of the donor lotus!!! Reason being I am the very proud owner of a lotus mk2 series 2 1969..... I bought this as a complete restoration project, I have completely restored this 'donor' back to its original condition The lotus was sold with the original log book chassis number was found under a braised panel, this was confirmed by the lotus club as being a genuine lotus woohoo...... I finally found a genuine shell.... Wouldn't this be an amazing coincidence if this turned out to be the donor shell? I look forward to your reply!!
Good on you !! for saving classic twin cam history !!!
Thank you for commenting on this Peter
This guy's great to listen to chatting about his car. Really calmly enthusiastic.
The coolest jam sandwich on the planet!
Wow!!..What a fantastic story
What a beautiful car. I used to own a 67 1600E Cortina years ago now wish I still had it
Yes it’s lovely unique car this one
What an incredible story the car is fantastic nicely done
Thank you William
I also had a mk2 cortina lotus...fabulous car back in 1970... unbeatable...except by rust!
Fantastic story - Really enjoyed this!
Thank you
Good to see this and it proves the original Lotus Cortina did have 5.5 inch J section rims. It appears to me that a lot of the restored ones seem to have even wider rims. The dash is exactly like my Mk II 69 GT
Yes this is a pretty cool car and a great story what do others think
Brilliant and a fantastic story. My dad had a lotus Mk 2 around 1973 which was white with a red coach line. I recall it also used to burn spark plugs out after some time although it was checked and passed off as a quirk and eventually was passed on with the car. legendary vehical Nice1...
Thank you for your comments Craig
@Down at the barns A pleasure my friend and thank you again for an excellent, informative and thoroughly entertaining program. Excellent
I owned a 2 door 1967 Lotus Cortina in the mid nineteen seventies, regrettably sold it
Good work, Jim!
A great car and story.
Welcome to the channel level crossing thank you
Brilliant video,and fantastic resto,what agent, lovely to see it back to original,superb.
What a fantastic story love videos like this gem of a find
Thank you Paul
Very interesting hystory & great restoration. Congratulations from Milan.
Thank you for your comment
What a stunner, miss my mk2 1600GT (TOF264H) 👌🏻😎
Yes Martin a very special car , what happened to yours ?
@@Classiccarstories I sold it to my nephew, then he sold it on , I think it’s still on the DVLA register
In the late 1960's West Sussex Constabulary ran quite a fleet of Mk1 and Mk2 Lotus Cortinas.
Interesting
there were some other oddball lotus cortina's , my Dad bought a 1963 MK1 cortina wagon off lotus with all lotus running get , alloy front guards and bonnet , from Lotus in 1967 , apparently Lotus built it as a development/test car , which was later used as a company car for one of their engineers.
Hello Andrew sounds very interesting, wonder if the car still exists today
@@Classiccarstories we brought to New Zealand in late 1967 , Dad sold it in 1969 , the lotus running gear was apparently used in a MK1 escort race car , and the cortina was probably scrapped , I still have the original UK registration plates somewhere
Oh that’s a shame would liked to have tracked that one down
@@Classiccarstories apparently they used 3 estate cars for development mules as they were pretty inconspicuous thet also used 105E anglia's to test the lotus ford twincam . one of the 105E's Still exists in a very rough and rusty condition in Wales .
Interesting
Incredible that the chap had the car for three years before he realised that it was a genuine Lotus! 😂🤣
Yes pretty amazing Phil
A few decades ago I owned a 1600E lotus four door. Series 1 in Blue Mink (but re sprayed red) black vinyl roof and black interior MOD299F. There was a company in the Torbay area that converted new 1600Es with the correct twin cam parts ‘donated’ from Twin cam Escorts. It had Lotus badges on the rear wings & 1600E boot badge. I sold it to a couple of classic car dealers from Ireland, would love to know if it is still about, it didn’t have any structural rust back then.
Interesting story David thank you for sharing
Nearly bought the other car from a classic car dealer in Rushden about 25 years ago was put off by the fact that it was a four door the seller said it was a police car and the Internet wasn't really an option
Very interesting
Beauty❤
Yes it is Paul , great rarity
My first car was a mk 2 lotus cortina and what a wreck it was spent hours putting it right 😂😂
And how did it look by the time you had sold it ?
I owned a MK2 Lotus Cortina back in the late 80’s,
MAM 500F and was a member of the register. Got nicked in London one evening never to be seen again !
Sorry to hear that
@@Classiccarstories So was l !
Great car, my absolute favourite modern classic, my dad had a mk2 in 69, very fond memories, don't remember the top mounted air box though, the carburettors just had stubby intakes, remarkably the car is still very much alive although i can't trace the present owner, if you ever see KMJ521G about I'd love to know.
My oldest brother had the mark one lotus cortina that he bought when he was stationed out in Germany with the RAF he only paid £80 for it as the guy who owned it was being posted out the Middle East it needed painted really badly so he got the guys in the workshops to paint it the original white but the only white paint they had was the white paint that they painted the nuclear bomber the HANDLEY PAGE VICTOR SIMILAR TO THE VULCAN BOMBER SADLY HE WAS DRIVING INTO THE CAMP WHERE HE WORKED AND A GERMAN FARMER CAME RIGHT OUT OF A FIELD WITH A HUGE TRACTOR AND WROTE HIS CORTINA OFF I WOULD IMAGINE THAT WAS THE ONLY MARK ONE LOTUS CORTINA PAINTED WITH THAT PAINT 1970
Thanks Thomas great story , such a shame what happened to it , thanks for sharing 😊
4 door Lotus?
Yes indeed Scottssoul64
Amazing story. Sad that he had to break a genuine lotus though tbh
I'm wondering if you can share the registration number (or part of it for security reasons)of the donor lotus!!!
Reason being I am the very proud owner of a lotus mk2 series 2 1969.....
I bought this as a complete restoration project, I have completely restored this 'donor' back to its original condition
The lotus was sold with the original log book chassis number was found under a braised panel, this was confirmed by the lotus club as being a genuine lotus woohoo...... I finally found a genuine shell....
Wouldn't this be an amazing coincidence if this turned out to be the donor shell?
I look forward to your reply!!
Hello George, yes it would be can you email me please at downatthebarns@gmail.com and we’ll have a little investigation!
Sorry have to say. Marks 2 Ford tuned Twin Cams were rubbish compared to Lotus tuned mark 1s. To me this is a hybrid.
some kind person nicked mine in 1976 never to be seen again
Sorry to hear that
no ecu , no map sensors or egr valves .just a great simple engine
Yes. And no engine check light !
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